We describe herein an account of our recent research on a number of critical issues associated with MCB. This involves:- (a) general circulation model (GCM) studies, which are our primary tools for evaluating globally the effectiveness of MCB, and assessing its climate impacts on rainfall amounts and distribution, and also polar sea-ice cover and thickness: (b) high resolution modelling of the effects of seeding on marine stratocumulus, which are required in order to understand the complex array of interacting processes involved in cloud brightening: (c) microphysical modelling sensitivity studies, examining the influence of seeding amount, seed-particle salt-mass, air-mass characteristics, updraught speed and other parameters on cloud-albedo change: (d) sea-water spray-production techniques: (e) computational fluid dynamics studies of possible large-scale periodicities in Flettner rotors: and (f) the planning of a three-stage limited-area field research experiment, with the primary objectives of technology testing and determining to what extent, if any, cloud albedo might be enhanced by seeding marine stratocumulus clouds on a spatial scale of around 100km x 100km. We stress that there would be no justification for deployment of MCB unless it was clearly established that no significant adverse consequences would result. There would also need to be international agreement firmly in favour of such action.

We touch also on the possible application of MCB to hurricane weakening and coral reef protection.